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Hizbullah Arms, Suleiman's Election Issue Almost Torpedoed Deal

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Friday, 16 May 2008

The first draft agreement to end the Lebanon crisis came to light around 4:30 am Thursday at the hotel suite of the Qatari prime minister after nearly four hours of separate talks with a delegation from the majority and another from the Hizbullah-led opposition. The pan-Arab daily Al-Hayat said Friday that Qatari Prime Minister Sheik Hamad Bin Jassem al-Thani was supposed to have announced the agreement Thursday morning. Postponement of the deal was made for several reasons, Al Hayat said. One of the reasons was that opposition negotiators – Speaker Nabih Berri's aide MP Ali Hassan Khalil and Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah's political assistant Hussein Khalil – requested the Arab delegation's patience until they receive a "final stance" from Free Patriotic Movement leader Gen. Michel Aoun, al-Hayat wrote, knowing that both Khalils represented the opposition at talks with Arab mediators. Al-Hayat said the opposition pleaded with Jassem to postpone announcement of the deal which was approved by Prime Minister Fouad Saniora and the ruling camp. Citing Arab sources, al-Hayat said that head of the Arab delegation was surprised by the opposition move and asked the two Khalils "aren't you authorized to speak for the opposition?" Meanwhile, al-Hayat said that FPM official Gebran Bassil was in constant contact with the Hizbullah leadership to convey Aoun's "remarks." Jassem has reportedly called up Aoun, telling him: "This is the settlement reached between both the majority and the opposition. You either approve it or each side will have to bear the responsibility before the (Arab) committee and the Lebanese." Al-Hayat said Aoun rejected naming army commander Gen. Michel Suleiman as a consensus president. It also said Aoun insisted on adopting the 1960 electoral law.

 

 

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